Cuesta College Community Programs
(Bldg 4700, San Luis Obispo
Cuesta College Campus on Hwy 1)
PO Box 8106, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8106
Phone: (805) 546-3132; Fax: (805) 546-3107
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Instructor Biographies
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Adney, Curtis
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Curtis Adney, MS, JD,
graduated
at the top of his class with a 4.0 GPA, and has a Juris Doctor degree from Brigham Young University and
conducts numerous career seminars across the
state. He is a
life coach and author or a forthcoming book: Pinpoint
Your Destiny. |
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Aird, Jeanne
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Jeanne Aird
has a Masters in Art Education,
has been teaching art since 1987
and has been creating surface design on fabric since
1980. Her work has been juried in Pacific International
Quilt Shows among others. She currently teaches
at Flamson Middle School and is an Art Mentor for Paso
Robles Schools K-5. |
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Ballinger, Nancy
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Nancy Ballinger,
founder and Spiritual Director of Awakening
Interfaith Spiritual Community has studied
Eastern Philosophy and meditated for over 25
years. She has loved the opportunity to share
meditation with hundreds of students through
classes and meditation groups based in the
time-tested teachings of Kriya Yoga. She has a
M.A. in Psychology, and M. Div. and has been a
Marriage and Family Therapist, and an adult
educator through college and teacher education
programs. Rev. Ballinger has worked locally with
Hospice of SLO, AIDS Support Network and for the
past 10 yrs. had a ministry through Awakening
Interfaith Spiritual Community. |
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Bayles, Deborah
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Bio Coming |
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Baxter, Lanee
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Lanee Marie
Baxter has lived on the beautiful central coast of
California all her life. As a young girl she began working
with beads and making jewelry as gifts for family and
friends. As an adult she has became an advocate of using
beaded jewelry to express ones personal style and to
accentuate each person’s unique skin coloring. She began
selling wearable art jewelry professionally in 1992. She has
combined her fun color choices with many years of
collecting gorgeous beads, vintage components and
exotic findings to design one-of-a kind jewelry creations.
Her desire to provide durable jewelry has led her to teach
some of the "little tips that make a big difference". She
says "Early on I wasted a lot of time and money trying
to learn it all by myself, so now hopefully I can help
others navigate the sometimes overwhelming world of making
beaded jewelry". "It seems like the 'bead world' wants to
sell you a new item to do each new thing, when in fact some
very old fashioned techniques and a few good tools, gets the
job done," says Lanee Marie. "To me, atmosphere is important
in the creative process. So I warm up the class rooms with
pretty table cloths to work on and relaxing,
inspiring music." |
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Beck, June
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June Beck MA
teaches English, Group Dynamics, Literary Theory, and
Creative Writing in academic settings (Cuesta Community
College and Antioch University). She also writes for a
variety of online sources and is in the process of
publishing her first novel The Possibility of Justine.
A student of yoga, meditation and Buddhist philosophy, Ms.
Beck enjoys teaching what she can do but also what she longs
to learn more about. |
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Becker, David
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Dave Becker is currently an Applied Music and
Audio Technology Instructor at Cuesta College and Applied
Music Instructor of Saxophone at California Polytechnic
University in San Luis Obispo, CA and. He is also Director
of Contemporary Music at Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church in SLO.
For the past three years he has served as orchestrator for
the SLO Symphony’s POPS Concerts in Avila Beach, CA. A
graduate of the University of Florida in Music Education,
Dave has performed with great artists including Dianne Shuur,
Gordon Goodwin, Eric Marienthal, Sal Lozano, Andy Martin,
Bernie Dresel, Brian Bromberg, John Alred, Bobby Shew, Pete
Christlieb, Ernie Watts, Sam Rivers, Manhattan Transfer,
Smokey Robinson, and The Temptations among others.
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Behnke, Ginger
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Ginger
Behnke has over 25 years experience in garment pattern
making, construction, fit, and design. Along with running
her own design studio since 1990, and being a Mom, she has
taught Fashion classes at Cuesta College since 2003. |
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Braswell, April -
April
Braswell brings her over 17 years of Fortune 500 corporate
professional background from Silicon Valley in leading
international businesses…marketing and selling professional
corporate background to dating and
relationships. Additionally she has been in training in Body
Language Persuasion Mastery by leading experts Tonya Reiman
and Dr. Kevin Hogan. Combining her product marketing
expertise with her workshop training, she conveys dating and
relationship information to singles in a fun, captivating,
and entertaining style that engages audiences of all ages.
Technical Editor, Wiley Publishing, Dating for
Dummies, 3rd Edition, 2010. Contributed
internet dating, social networking, and current dating tips
for single men and women to the renowned “… For Dummies”
leading dating book from Wiley Publishers.
www.AprilBraswell.com |
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Broida, Dave
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Dave Broida, private blues
instructor and musician, has taught Beginning
Blues Harmonica at California Community Colleges
and Parks and Recreation Departments since 2000
and has been performing professionally for more
than 20 years throughout Northern California. |
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Bumpass,
Kathryn
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Kathryn Bumpass is a Professor
Emerita of Music at California State
Fresno, where she was the music department’s
principal musicologist and a highly rated
teacher. Upon retirement in 2004 she moved
permanently to Pismo beach and now enjoys the
musical scene on the central coast. A specialist
in music of the Classic and Romantic eras, she
has a special interest in the core operatic
repertory and enjoys sharing it with students.
Dr. Bumpass holds a BA degree in English, and MA
and PhD degrees in historical musicology. She
has published articles and presented conference
papers on Beethoven’s music and his place in the
Romantic pantheon of composers, Borodin’s career
as scientist-composer and his Prince Igor,
music in 19th century America, and
Hildegard von Bingen. She was for a time program
annotator for the Fresno Philharmonic and music
reviewer for the Fresno
Bee.
Dr. Bumpass currently serves on
the Board of Opera San Luis Obispo and writes a
column for Opera SLO in the online magazine SLO
Coast Journal. |
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Carro, Joseph
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Joseph Carro
has
an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and owned Comco
Computers in Atascadero. He has taught multiple subjects,
including accounting, Quickbooks,
Italian, Spanish, computer usage, Microsoft
Word, and income tax
preparation. He has been in the teaching field since 1979
and has taught at Cuesta College since 1998.
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Case
Bennett, Phyllis
- Phyllis
Case Bennett has been a
popular teacher of Chinese Brush Painting and Western
Watercolor for over 30 years
with
over 25 years here on the Central Coast. She is
associated with the China Art Academy, Hangzhou, China where
she has studied annually for many years. |
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Cohen, Cafi
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Cafi Cohen
is a Professional Genealogy Researcher. She chairs the
bi-annual seminar for the San Luis Obispo County
Genealogical Society
http://slocgs.org
and co-owns and operates, a genealogical research company,
Bridge to Yesterday. Since 1997 she has presented more than
100 computer genealogy classes on the central coast.
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Collier, Myla
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Myla Collier studied at Parsons, and
graduated in Fashion Design from FIT in New York City. She
worked there in sportswear design and textile marketing
before moving to California. While still in New York she
started weaving tapestry at the Craft Students League and
has continued studying tapestry weaving ever since. During
the 1980’s while at home with her young son, she began
restored Navajo and Mexican textiles. This experience
sparked her interest in native cultures beyond weaving and
into further schooling. She earned a B.A. and M.A. in
Cultural Anthropology from California State University, Long
Beach and has taught Cultural Anthropology at Cal Poly and
Cuesta College. |
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De Ham, Jarien
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Jarien deHam
has a BA Art Degree from UCSB, enjoys Asian philosophy, art
and martial arts and has done stone sculptor since 2000. She
has also studied under Cuesta Community Education
instructors Phyllis Bennett (Chinese Painting) and Joy
Harvey (Chinese Calligraphy) since 2000.
She has many years of experience teaching locally, doing
private commissions and exhibiting at craft shows. She began
as a self-taught artist then learned from a professional
calligrapher in Santa Barbara. She has found calligraphy has
many applications even in today's computer world as people
like the touch of the hand. Today she also enjoys Chinese
calligraphy and studies under Joy Harvey, Cuesta Community
Education Instructor. |
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Dinunzio,
Charlotte Rushton
- Charlotte
Rushton
Dinunzio has worked as a
photojournalist at newspapers across the US, UK and Costa
Rica. She now runs a successful photography business in Los
Osos. Charlotte offers not only a wealth of experience, but
also enormous enthusiasm for this subject.
www.charlotterushton.com |
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Doe, Kris
- Kris Doe
is a graduate
of Art Center College of Design where he earned his Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree in Illustration. With over twelve years
experience teaching at college level, he understands well
the challenges students face at the beginning level and
creates a comfortable learning environment that encourages
student's personal creativity while learning the basics.
He
was born into the burgeoning Pop Culture of
1960’s Southern California where he grew up
across the street from the studios of early AM
radio giant KRLA. Kris spent many of his
formative years over at the station pestering
early radio legends such as Kasey Kasem, Bob
Eubanks and Dave Hull, questioning them
constantly about all the upcoming bands and
riding the wave of the British Invasion that was
hitting our shores during that exciting time.
Kris has made a lifetime endeavor of tracing the
history of these bands and their development
over the decades to follow, giving him a unique
perspective of the music that drives our youth
and culture of today. |
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Fleury, Carol
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Carol Fleury
coordinated the Community Action Partnership’s Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance program from its inception in 2006
(when she was trained on tax preparation by the IRS) and has
taught volunteers how to do basic tax preparation every
January since then. Under Carol’s
coordination, the VITA program has brought $431,014 in new
money to SLO county’s low-income taxpayers in the form of
the Earned Income Tax Credit. The
IRS awarded the Community Action Partnership’s VITA program
an Award of Excellence for TY 2008.
Carol continues supporting VITA by volunteering in
the North County. Carol also has a B.A. from Cal Poly in
Political Science. |
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Forbes, Melinda
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Melinda Forbes has a B.S. in Crops Science, MS
International Agriculture, spent 2 years in
Costa Rica involved in Small Farmer Cropping
Systems Research, and over 30 years teaching
experience in gardening, herbal studies,
cooking, and art classes.
She is a lifelong gardener, lived on 1.5
acres of land since the mid 1980s and her garden
was included in the San Luis Obispo Botanical
Society’s annual garden tour fundraiser,
focusing on North County gardens.
Also, she has been sewing and
recycling all her life (almost). She is the
co-creator of Wardrobe Revamp, a fundraiser for
the SLO County Arts Council and
creator/curator/artist participant of ‘The White
Gowns – a pastiche of pale altered apparel’, an
art show featured at the SLO Museum of Art. Her
work is elegant, fun, funky, and a show of her
commitment to efficient use of all the resources
we already have available to us. |
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Gurley, Renee
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Renee Gurley
is a social media marketing specialist. Due to her interest
in online education environments, she has developed a
business that helps people utilize Social Media for their
own purposes whether it’s a business or bringing awareness
to a cause and she specializes in online instruction and is
well-versed in most of the online platforms from eCollege to
Blackboard. Renee has
worked in the area of education since 1997 as an English
teacher and is currently an English Instructor for Riverside
Community College. |
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Habib, Kenneth
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Kenneth Habib has taught Arabic at Santa Barbara
City College and is currently the Assistant
Director of the Middlebury College Arabic
School. His Ph.D. is in ethnomusicology with a
specialization in the Middle East and he also
directs Arabic music ensembles at Cal Poly and
at the Middlebury College Arabic School. |
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Harrison, Linda
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Linda Harrison is an Art teacher and working
artist, who moved to the Central Coast, from Nevada. Ms.
Harrison has been making Mandalas for over 20 years, and was
fortunate to study Mandalas, in depth, with Judith
Cornell. Linda is very interested in Art forms that
reflect a culture's spiritual and devotional expression. She
finds the universality of the Mandala fascinating. Symbolism,
color relationships, dream images and
individual intuition, are all elements to be explored and
expressed in creating Mandalas. |
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Harvey,
Joy
- Joy
Harvey
has studied
the history and philosophy of Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy for
over 30 years. To
further her expertise, she has completed 13 certificated courses at the
China Art Academy in Hangzhou, PRC.
Joy loves
to explore Chinese
Calligraphy for its dynamic and creative expression.
She has
shown her work internationally, winning awards and
distinctions. |
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Hoerl, Marilyn
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Marilyn Hoerl has a B.A. in Art from California
State University, Long Beach and owns her own
stained glass business. She has created over 200
windows for homes, churches and businesses. |
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Hutchinson,
Marlene
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Marlene Hutchinson has over 35 years of musical
experience in the areas of guitar, piano,
clarinet, vocal and dance. Marlene teaches
guitar lessons privately in Orange County,
California, guitar workshops in the western
United States, performs both as a solo artist
and with bands and has taught Elementary
students. In 2003, Marlene developed a simple
method of learning to play guitar for students
of all ages. She wrote “The Beginning Guitar
Book” and the “Learn to Play Guitar in a
Day!” book and has taught this method to
hundreds of students both privately and in
groups. In 2009 she expanded this method
to include a workshop for busy adults, “Learn to
Play Guitar in a Day!” It is being taught in
cities and colleges in California, Washington,
Colorado and Hawaii. |
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Johnson, Bill
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William Johnson has been
Professor of Music at California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis Obispo, California
USA since 1966. He is presently coordinator of
instrumental music and conducts the university
Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. In great
demand as a consultant, Professor Johnson has
been a guest conductor, lecturer and clinician
throughout the United States, Japan, Europe, New
Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Israel, Korea and
Singapore. For two years, 1993-1995, Johnson
served as the President of the World Association
for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) and
secretary of that association from 1987 to 1991.
He was the Executive Director for the
International Conference for Conductors,
Composers and Publishers held in Manchester,
England in 1981, an event that resulted in the
formation of WASBE. He was the Conference
Chairman for the 9th WASBE Conference held in
San Luis Obispo, California, July 5-11, 1999. He
is currently the Chairperson of the WASBE
Foundation. Johnson is a founding member and
Musical Director of the San Luis Obispo Wind
Orchestra, an organization of 48 wind and
percussion players that specializes in the
performance of the finest in wind band
literature. The San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra
was formed in 1999 and consists of both
professional and amateur musicians in the
California Central Coast area of California. He
has been a member of the San Luis Obispo Rotary
Club since 1969. |
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Kincaid, Craig
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Biography coming soon! |
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Krull,
Joy
- Joy
Krull is a working professional
artist who has been teaching art since
1980. She is
experienced in all mediums, including oil/acrylic, watercolor,
pastel, drawing and mixed media. She taught at Saddleback
College, Coastline College and Tustin and Saddleback Adult
Education before coming to Cuesta College
in 2000. |
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Krusemark, LeeAnne
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LeeAnne Krusemark is a journalist, book author and has owned
an award-winning, home-based public relations business
for more than 15 years. She also facilitates more than 100
educational workshops each year nationwide. |
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Laing, Josephine
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Josephine
Laing earned a Bachelor of Science degree with high honors
in Horticulture in1981. As a lifelong gardener and
herbologist, she makes many of her own herbal medicines and
is actively involved in community based, neighborhood urban
organic gardening projects. Using her well developed
techniques, Ms. Laing has taught students both privately and
in workshops how to develop their psychic abilities and how
to communicate with nature for over fifteen years. During
her long career as a medical intuitive and using her vast
body of holistic knowledge she has helped hundreds of people
find relief from hard to diagnose chronic health issues. Ms.
Laing brings a unique opportunity to students of the central
coast wishing to explore nature mystism, pyschic ability,
communicating with nature along with plant problem solving,
herbology, and holistic healing. |
 
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Laughlin, Robert
- Robert
Laughlin holds a degree from the University of California,
Berkeley and invented the one day chord piano workshop in
1982, and it has been taken successfully by over 150,000
students. Robert has worked as a professional pianist and is
the author of some 20 books on learning piano, several of
which have been translated into German. |
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Le Brane, Larry
- Larry Le Brane, a mixed-media
glass artist, has been a fine art instructor at
California’s Community Colleges for over 3 decades,
designing & teaching diverse art workshops & classes. He
creates diverse artwork combining fused glass with
recycled and found objects.
His work is exhibited at several Central Coast
galleries and at
www.larrylebrane.com
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Leitch, Frances
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Frances
Leitch has a BA in
English Literature with a writing emphasis. She wrote for
Vocational Biographies for 15 years and has done newspaper
and feature magazine articles for schools.
Frances has written
advertising and public relations, written and published
poetry, and has novelist techniques experience. |
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Martin, Jennifer
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Jennifer
Martin joined the Music Faculty of Cuesta
College, San Luis Obispo, CA in the summer of
2004 as the conductor of the Cuesta Wind
Ensemble and instructor of Music Theory. At
Cuesta, she also coordinates the department's
Applied Music and Chamber Music programs, and
teaches the new class guitar program. In the
summer of 2008, she became Chair of the
Performing Arts Division.
This past year, Ms. Martin also was
appointed the Interim Coordinator of the new
Cultural and Performing Arts Center at Cuesta.
Previous to her appointment at Cuesta, she was
the Music Department Chair and conductor of the
Reno Winds and the Truckee Meadows Community
Orchestra at Truckee Meadows Community College
in Reno, NV, where she was the founding faculty
of the Music Department and created the entire
program “from scratch”. She has also taught and
conducted at Whitworth College in Spokane, WA,
and Warner Pacific College in Portland, OR. Ms.
Martin holds the B.A. degree in Music Education
from California State University, Fullerton, and
the M.M. degree in Conducting from the
University of Redlands. Ms. Martin has conducted
or guest conducted many ensembles including the
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Nevada Opera, the High
Desert Symphony, the San Diego Youth Symphony,
the Spokane Youth Orchestra, the Antelope Valley
Symphony, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Band,
and high school bands, orchestras, and honor
groups in California, Oregon, Washington, and
Nevada. She has won an audition to conduct the
San Francisco Youth Symphony as part of a juried
workshop given by the American Symphony
Orchestra League, and was invited by the CBDNA
Board to participate in “A Think Tank for a New
Generation” at the University of Texas.
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McCabe, John
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John
McCabe has a MS in Engineering and has had a life-long
interest in geology. He is the past president of the Santa
Lucia Rockhounds Club, a docent at the Museum of Natural
History and tutors Cuesta College geology students. |
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McDowell, Siobhan
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Siobhan McDowell is a
lifelong avid animal lover who graduated from Cal Poly State
University, SLO with a B.S. in Animal Science, in 2002. She started working as a veterinary assistant promptly after
graduating and became a licensed Registered Veterinary
Technician in 2003. In a clinical setting she has developed
a passion for veterinary dentistry, animal behavior and
nutrition, and client education and her experiences have
covered a wide array of species from cattle and horses to
birds and ferrets. Siobhan loves helping animals and has
found that the best way to do that is to educate the people
who love animals too and hopes that the Veterinary Assisting
Program will improve the lives of local pets and their
owners. |
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Mullikin, Raymond
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Raymond Mullikin has been
teaching claymation to young students since 2005 and has
taught at many schools in Northern San Luis County and
taught for Cuesta College for Kids in 2011. He has also
created animated film shorts for film festivals in the
United States and Canada. |
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Peavyhouse, Thomas
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Thomas Peavyhouse has
been employed in the financial community for over 20 years.
He has represented financial institutions at various
companies including Microsoft and Apple. He currently has
held Real Estate, Insurance and Securities licenses. He is a
commissioned California Notary Public with an added
certification in loan signing as an instructor. |
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Price, Susan
- Susan
Price earned her BS in Home Economics from Cal Poly in 1981.
Over the past 30 years, she has had numerous businesses and
been involved in many clubs and organizations. She was the
founder of the Central Coast Wedding Professionals and is
currently the president of SLO Quilters and facilitates the
Family Support Group at Sydney Creek, a Dementia and Memory
Care Facility. Besides her degree, she also graduated from
the SLO Leadership program, Class III and Hospice, and has
been the Obituary Editor for The Tribune since March 2007. |
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Ringley, Jim
- Jim
Ringley is an award-winning artist who lives and works on
the Central Coast of California. After receiving his B.A. in
Foreign Language from the University of Central Arkansas, he
moved to Boulder, Colorado to study painting and Creative
Writing. He now divides his time between drawing custom
portraits and painting homes in San Luis Obispo County. His
artwork is in the collections of the Arkansas Art Center,
Little Rock, The Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas,
Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, and the University of
Colorado, Boulder. |
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Schubert,
Steve -
Steve Schubert
has a
graduate degree in Biological
Sciences. He
teaches at an environmental
education outdoor school attended by several thousand
students each school year and has taught for Cuesta College
Community Programs for more than 15 years.
He has
worked as an instructor at the Audubon Camp in Maine and as
a naturalist on cruise ships through the Inside Passage to
Alaska. Steve
is the volunteer coordinator for the Hi Mountain Lookout
Project. |
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Sheridan, Rick
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Rick
Sheridan
teaches full-time at
Wilberforce University in Ohio, and also teaches online
courses through the College of Marin and Santa Rosa
Community Colleges. He has taught for Cuesta Community
Programs since 2005. |
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Skinner, James
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James
Skinner, M,A. has been involved with the psychology of C.G.
Jung since 1967. He was on the board of the Orange County
Jung Club and a committee member of the C. G. Jung Institute
of Los Angeles. Upon moving to San Luis Obispo in 1980 he
was one of the founding members of the Central Coast Jung
Society. His Master’s thesis at Norwich University was
The Color Stages of Alchemy. He continues to be
interested in the analytical psychology of C. G. Jung. |
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Spiers, John
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John Wiley Spiers is an
importer by profession, and an adjunct noncredit lecturer at
over a forty colleges in USA and Canada. His book on
importing has 37 five star ratings out of 43 on Amazon.com
where it has been sold continuously since 2001. His name
comes up first in google searches, all a result of teaching.
John runs his small import business out of Seattle, and
teaches as an avocation. Previously,
this course was only available to working teachers and now
it is open to everyone. |
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Sowa, Lauri
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Lauri Sowa owns her own small
business and is a National/International Speaker
specializing in Accounting and Computerization.
She began teaching and consulting in 1996 and is
a past CFO for an International concern. She has
taught at Skagit Valley Community College, Allan
Hancock and Santa Barbara Business College. |
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Tarantino,
Cassandra -
Cassandra Tarantino has her Bachelors degree in
Church Music emphasizing Choral Conducting and
Performance Flute and English Literature. After
receiving her Masters of Music Degree in Flute
Performance from California State University,
Northridge, she began teaching and performing
vocal and instrumental music with her main focus
to establish choral and instrumental music
programs. She has participated in prestigious
music festivals in throughout United State,
Wales, and Switzerland and has also done a
6-month sabbatical in Northern Ireland to study
music and the Irish-Celtic Language.
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Vaughn, Suzan
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Suzan Vaughn holds a B.A.
in Psychology and an M.A. in Communication and has been a
student and teacher of metaphysical phenomenon for more than
25 years. As a psychic counselor, she has helped hundreds of
people identify issues facing their beloved pets, predict
their future, and sort out life’s toughest circumstances.
Suzan serves as Contributing Editor at Species Link
Magazine, the magazine for inter-species
communicators, in association with animal
communication pioneer Penelope Smith. |
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Voices for All -
The Voices for All Voice Coach/Producer/Instructors are
known for their fun and informative presenting methods. Our
Coaches have many years experience in the Voiceover
Industry, and are masters at teaching all of the information
pertinent to making it in Voice Acting. Whether it be
speaking, presenting, writing, producing, or announcing,
Voices For All has it covered. With hundreds of Regional &
National Commercials, and Public
Service Announcements under their belts, our instructors not
only deliver the highest quality education and coaching to
their students, but their unique enthusiasm and expertise
bring an element of fun and excitement to the classroom as
well. |
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Volpa, Shawna
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Shawna Volpa graduated with honors from Cal Poly majoring in
Liberal studies with a Degree in Theatre Arts. She has been
in several major productions and was a member of the Cal
Poly’s improvisation team Smile and Nod for over three
years. As a team they performed all over the Central Coast
as well as participated in the month long Fringe Festival in
Scotland. She has taught several improv classes to the
Middle School students in Paso Robles (both Flamson and
Lewis) and currently to Santa Lucia Middle School of
Cambria. She has also taught several adult workshops
focusing on teamwork and confidence for the YMCA of San Luis
Obispo. Most recently she has instructed improv classes for
both adult and young people at the Morro Bay Recreation and
Parks Department. Shawna has a
passion for improv and enjoys sharing the
endless benefits of joy and LAUGHTER!
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Wagoner, Wendy
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Wendy Wagoner is a certified
hypnotherapist and specializes in reducing stress, weight
management and smoking cessation. She became interested in
hypnosis after experiencing her own amazing results. Wendy
now wants to show others how to remove personal mental
barriers and begin living a more abundant life! |
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Weare, Heather
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Heather Weare received her MA from Cal Poly San
Luis Obispo and attended law school at Santa
Clara University School of Law. She is currently
practicing in Santa Maria where she focuses on
estate planning and probate. |
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Wilshusen,
Cynthia -
Cynthia Wilshusen holds an MBA
with a concentration in Enterprise Accounting.
She has worked in the accounting and financial
industry for 18 exciting years. She served as
the Director of the Cuesta College Small
Business Development Center where she consulted
business owners in business development and
accounting. She owns her own bookkeeping and
business development business and is a
QuickBooks Pro Advisor. She has been teaching at
Cuesta College for over 11 years in a variety of
topics including computerized accounting and
principles of accounting, plus other computer
related topics. She also teaches at Santa
Barbara City College online for similar topics. |
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Yamaguchi, Lorraine
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Lorraine Yamaguchi a designer and
artist of one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces. She
enjoys working in different media. Lorraine has
been teaching workshops since 1993 at various
bead stores, Irvine Valley College, Mira
Costa College, Orange Coast College and
has guest taught at Pasadena City College, all
in California. The classes she offers are Wire
Wrapping, Glass Fusing and Glass Beadmaking. She
has a BA in Art from California State
University, Long Beach with a minor in
Industrial Arts. She continues to participate in
major art and craft shows throughout California. |
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Send your Community
Programs questions/comments/suggestions to:
Karen
Linn
Send your
Sports Camp questions/comments/suggestions to:
Kirk Carmichael
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